Currently work a door to door marketing job and have compiled and extensive list of distressed or seemingly abandoned properties in my last 6 months (70+ addresses) wondering what my next steps should be.

Moreover, you did him a favor by finding a new tenant that limits his exposure of larger damages.If you are not communicating with the tenant, you need to follow Ohio law to exhibit that the tenant abandoned their lease with unpaid rents, reclaim possession, and re-lease it.Either way the tenant is fully responsible for lost rents which should be deducted from the SD. 

I’m in the Atlanta area, but am looking at an abandoned apartment complex in Albany less than 2 miles away from ASU.

Hey @Seth Harvell I love abandon properties and bandit signs.  

To me, almost anything is worth buying for the right price unless it is a giant liability (i.e. abandoned or burned down house in Detroit)

Step 1, find abandoned house. step 2, find owner, somwhat’s next?

You could wait 32 days and take possession using the abandonment remedy. 

My husband is super careful when it comes to our money, so he was a bit nervous... but he also has a lot of respect for a case well argued :-) What I did with him is ask him to have a second look at our 401k plan and other investment options for retirement (we are not abandoning those, but just I just don't think it is sufficient). 

Also, some municipalities require that insurance companies pay the municipality a percentage of the settlement in a total loss, so they’re not left with an abandoned property.

You can go anywhere and see the problems,'' said Brian Binash, an unemployed home builder, as he drove past abandoned houses and shopping centers that never welcomed one customer.